#238C80#238C80

#238C80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.093 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#238C80
RGBrgb(35, 140, 128)
HSLhsl(173, 60%, 34%)
HSVhsv(173, 75%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(75%, 0%, 8.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(52.59, -31.79, -2.01)
CIE-LCHlch(52.59, 31.85, 183.61°)
OKLaboklab(57.97% -0.0933 -0.0059)
OKLCHoklch(57.97% 0.094 183.6)
XYZxyz(13.9656, 20.6703, 23.6716)
Luminance0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#238C80 #8C232F
analogous
#238C4C #238C80 #23648C
triadic
#238C80 #80238C #8C8023
tetradic
#238C80 #4C238C #8C232F #648C23
square
#238C80 #4C238C #8C232F #648C23
split-complementary
#238C80 #8C2364 #8C4C23
monochromatic
#0B2A26 #175B53 #238C80 #2FBDAD #55D4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09
#238C80 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13
#238C80 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C80
5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##238C80#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##238C801.004.095.135.13
#FFFFFF4.091.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1321.001.001.00
##0000005.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#858480
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#767981
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008F88
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #238c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.093 183.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea4',
    500: '#238c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #238c80;
$custom-light: #70aea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#238c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57966,
    "c": 0.0935,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#238C80
secondary
#B8525E
accent
#4557E3
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#09100F
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C80

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#238C80 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva